I don’t get it. If there’s a shortage of EEs, which are required for tech to operate, wouldn’t salaries rise up because of the demand? I mean, tech isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.. is it?
1. Yes- as salaries are still low, you should be skeptical that companies are really trying to get talent.
2. On the other hand, the US(and/or EU) is not the only market. If engineers are being corned by the established large firms here, then instead of raising salaries to compete, smaller firms are simply killed off and replaced by foreign suppliers. China and India have very competent engineers, and make tons of US consumer products.
3. "Companies should just raise salaries and train up talent!" is obviously true, but there's still a large time lag between raising salaries and new graduates. EE salaries have been horrible and hard to find for 20+ years and freshman still get told repeatedly that EE is well paid and highly demanded. In the meantime, people retire later and the eventual crash just gets worse.
All of the above coming from an EE/ECE graduate who immediately went into CS because the TC is easily 3x higher
hwillis|3 years ago
2. On the other hand, the US(and/or EU) is not the only market. If engineers are being corned by the established large firms here, then instead of raising salaries to compete, smaller firms are simply killed off and replaced by foreign suppliers. China and India have very competent engineers, and make tons of US consumer products.
3. "Companies should just raise salaries and train up talent!" is obviously true, but there's still a large time lag between raising salaries and new graduates. EE salaries have been horrible and hard to find for 20+ years and freshman still get told repeatedly that EE is well paid and highly demanded. In the meantime, people retire later and the eventual crash just gets worse.
All of the above coming from an EE/ECE graduate who immediately went into CS because the TC is easily 3x higher